CHANCE FOR CHILDHOOD
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-12 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£499K
+19.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£497K
+14% vs 2024
Employees
53
-8.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£64K
+51.9% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- CHANCE FOR CHILDHOOD 2014-04-30 → present
- JUBILEE ACTION 1992-07-29 → 2014-04-30
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,468,522 | £1,804,371 | |
| Operating profit | £42,065 | £63,894 | |
| Profit before tax | £42,065 | £63,894 | |
| Net profit | £42,065 | £63,894 | |
| Cash | £416,453 | £498,603 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £435,507 | £496,542 | |
| Net assets | £435,507 | £496,542 | |
| Equity | £435,507 | £496,542 | |
| Average employees | 58 | 53 | |
| Wages | £596,576 | £646,455 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.9% | 3.5% | |
| Net margin | 2.9% | 3.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.7% | 12.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 13.9% | 10.9% | |
| Current ratio | 7.09x | 9.11x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Sayer Vincent LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“We are of the view that, together with committed and expected income, the charity's cash reserves will enable us to meet our obligations for at least the next 12 to 18 months. It is on this basis that the charity has been deemed a going concern”
Group structure
- CHANCE FOR CHILDHOOD · parent
- Charity-Chance for Childhood Development in Ghana 100%
- Hope For Children 100%
- Hope For Children International Limited (Hope Uganda) 100%
Significant events
- “The successful integration of Chance for Childhood and Hope for Children into one merged organisation.”
- “Our selection as implementing partner for the RISE inclusive education project in Rwanda, endorsed by the government and Ministry of Education of Rwanda and supported by the Scottish Government, securing £2.3m over five years.”
- “The scaling up of our innovative Disability Detect app, which has identified the learning needs of 18,619 children to date.”
- “In May 2024, intense rainfall caused floods that destroyed homes, schools and farms in several regions of Kenya. Hundreds of children's lives were impacted... Chance for Childhood quickly launched an emergency appeal in June 2024 to raise funds... to help reconstruct the girls' toilets.”
- “When fighting between the government and M23 rebels erupted in early 2025, the number of out-of-school children identified in our project areas rose from 1,200 to 1,950. In response, we launched an emergency appeal in February 2025, raising $14,900 (c. £12,000).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 51 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARENGHI, Vanda Rosa Gina | Secretary | 2026-02-24 | — | — |
| BETTS, Derrick | Director | 2023-05-03 | Aug 1983 | British |
| EDWARDS, Richard Charles | Director | 2021-01-13 | Aug 1983 | British |
| GOPSILL-PICCOLROVAZZI, Nicoletta | Director | 2022-07-28 | Dec 1962 | Swiss |
| MCKELVEY, Janine | Director | 2024-02-28 | Aug 1970 | Italian |
| MCMILLAN, Helen Isobel | Director | 2025-02-25 | Jun 1965 | British |
| NTEGE, Elizabeth Kigozi | Director | 2020-06-25 | Sep 1969 | British |
| RAMELLA, Carole | Director | 2020-06-25 | Jan 1974 | French |
| WHICHER, Max Alexander | Director | 2023-02-15 | Dec 1992 | British |
Show 51 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABUSLIMAN, Walaa Bm | Secretary | 2021-08-25 | 2026-02-24 |
| BERRY, Alan Raymond | Secretary | 2000-02-04 | 2003-11-01 |
| EDWARD-FEW, Nigel | Secretary | 2010-09-30 | 2012-03-31 |
| ELLIS, David James | Secretary | 2013-07-09 | 2016-07-31 |
| FABIAN, Peter Hewson | Secretary | 2003-11-04 | 2004-12-31 |
| GRAHAM, John Franklin | Secretary | 1992-06-09 | 1999-12-31 |
| LOWTON, Andrew | Secretary | 2021-08-25 | 2021-08-31 |
| LOWTON, Andrew David | Secretary | 2017-01-25 | 2021-08-31 |
| MACKLENIN, Victor | Secretary | 2016-09-12 | 2016-11-30 |
| SAVAGE, Christopher Philip | Secretary | 2012-04-01 | 2013-01-01 |
| SHOPLAND, Rachael | Secretary | 2013-01-01 | 2013-06-30 |
| STEVENS, Brian Kenneth, Reverend | Secretary | 2007-04-16 | 2010-09-30 |
| WILLIAMS, Derek Thomas | Secretary | 2005-06-28 | 2007-04-16 |
| ANDREWS, Ian Arthur | Director | 1992-06-04 | 1997-04-15 |
| BARDELLA, Mirco Manlio Giacomo Adelchi | Director | 2015-11-27 | 2024-09-13 |
| BERRY, Alan Raymond | Director | 1999-07-29 | 2003-11-01 |
| CAPALDI, Aninha | Director | 2003-11-03 | 2004-11-06 |
| COLLINO, Colin Edward, Dr | Director | 1994-03-23 | 1999-07-16 |
| CRONE, David Andrew | Director | 2018-06-18 | 2021-03-27 |
| DAVEY, Peter Simon | Director | 2015-11-27 | 2017-11-22 |
| EDWARDS, Ian | Director | 1993-01-13 | 1993-12-01 |
| FABIAN, Peter Hewson | Director | 2003-11-04 | 2004-12-31 |
| FABIAN, Peter Hewson | Director | 1993-12-07 | 1995-04-20 |
| GRAHAM, John Franklin | Director | 2006-11-13 | 2015-11-27 |
| GRAHAM, Patricia Mary | Director | 2008-06-04 | 2010-11-27 |
| HEYWOOD, Joanna Elizabeth | Director | 2019-05-02 | 2022-02-03 |
| HOFFMAN-MCCONNEL, Claire | Director | 2011-02-21 | 2019-04-15 |
| JUDGE, Maria Po-Lin | Director | 2013-09-30 | 2018-02-13 |
| KENNEDY, John Thomas | Director | 2004-07-07 | 2008-04-29 |
| KILLEN, Brenda Margaret | Director | 2014-02-18 | 2019-06-11 |
| LANSAH AMANOR-WILKS, Adisa | Director | 2020-06-25 | 2023-02-15 |
| MARSH, Emma | Director | 2011-02-21 | 2012-04-05 |
| MAY, Adrian | Director | 2025-02-25 | 2025-05-22 |
| MYLCHREEST, Gordon | Director | 2007-02-27 | 2016-12-08 |
| OCHOLA, Maryanne Nyawira | Director | 2019-05-02 | 2022-02-03 |
| PUTLAND, Chris | Director | 2004-11-09 | 2006-10-12 |
| RICHARDS, Susan Maureen | Director | 1999-10-15 | 2003-11-01 |
| SCOTT, Jayne | Director | 2004-09-01 | 2005-05-16 |
| SERTIN, Jonathan Paul Bartlett | Director | 2004-09-27 | 2005-12-21 |
| SHAH, Sandip | Director | 2013-11-05 | 2019-11-21 |
| SMITH, Andrew | Director | 1992-06-04 | 2004-12-31 |
| STEVENS, Brian Kenneth | Director | 2010-12-16 | 2012-01-17 |
| TAN, Kim Sze, Dr | Director | 2006-11-15 | 2008-06-17 |
| TAN, Kim Sze, Dr | Director | 2001-12-17 | 2003-12-09 |
| TILLER, Peter John | Director | 2006-01-21 | 2006-11-15 |
| TINGLEY, Howard David | Director | 2005-03-09 | 2006-11-15 |
| WELLBY, Anthony William | Director | 2015-11-27 | 2021-07-07 |
| WELLS, Caroline Julie Alexandra | Director | 2015-11-27 | 2016-02-13 |
| WHITE, Dominic | Director | 2015-11-27 | 2023-02-15 |
| WILLIAMS, Derek Thomas | Director | 1999-07-29 | 2001-03-26 |
| WRATISLAW, Ian Charles | Director | 1995-08-04 | 1998-12-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Anthony William Wellby | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-07-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 217 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-27 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-27 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-20 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-08-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+22.9%
£1,468,522 £1,804,371
-
Cash
+19.7%
£416,453 £498,603
-
Net assets
+14%
£435,507 £496,542
-
Employees
-8.6%
58 53
-
Operating profit
+51.9%
£42,065 £63,894
-
Profit before tax
+51.9%
£42,065 £63,894
-
Wages
+8.4%
£596,576 £646,455
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers